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Wednesday, December 3, 2008 12:00 AM

Nepotistic succession in the political class

A large, and rapidly growing, percentage of high elected officials are part of politically powerful families. What accounts for this anti-democratic dynamic?

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  • Wednesday, December 3, 2008 01:29 PM

    Jim Montague.

    I never skip when I do see Ya's writ.

    Next time you go to a North Shore,

    please let me know. I know a Place.

    It's on a beach. A tree grows there.

    Seriously, and it grows in a home.

    My son stayed there as a farmer.

    So did I, as a vet-goner-losers.

    Ay. I know few great 'outcaste'.

    Locals in Hawaii are wonderful.

    Steer clears of fancy Honolulu.

    My son was on de' Taro Farms.

    Taro was the staple potato crop.

    Honest. A free place on a shore?

    Oho-O meet the good old yokel.

    Do the boogie in the conical hat.

    Cook Taro on a open beach fire.

    Stoke up a fire. Relax. Ah! Daze.

    Well, I's sure in the `de troubles,

    and that's A-okay. But, how else,

    how else do human possum learn?

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